NCERT Book Class 10 English (First Flight) Chapter 5 Glimpses of India; A Baker from Goa; Coorg; Tea from Assam The Trees

BEFORE YOU READ
Activity
Discuss in class
1. What images — of people and of places — come to your mind,
when you think of our country?
2. What parts of India have you lived in, or visited? Can you name
some popular tourist destinations?
3. You may know that apart from the British, the Dutch and the
French, the Portuguese have also played a part in the history of
our country. Can you say which parts of India show French
and Portuguese influences?
4. Can you say which parts of India grow (i) tea, (ii) coffee?

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A Baker from Goa
This is a pen-portrait of a traditional Goan village baker who still
has an important place in his society.

OUR elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically reminiscing
about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese nostalgically
and their famous loaves of bread. Those eaters of loaves thinking fondly of
the past
might have vanished but the makers are still there.
We still have amongst us the mixers, the moulders
and those who bake the loaves. Those age-old, time-
tested furnaces still exist. The fire in the furnaces
has not yet been extinguished. The thud and jingle of